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Introducing Sofia Coppola

Introducing Sofia Coppola. Biography. Born 1971 to director Francis Ford Coppola and designer/artist/documentarian Eleanor Coppola

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Introducing Sofia Coppola

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  1. Introducing Sofia Coppola

  2. Biography • Born 1971 to director Francis Ford Coppola and designer/artist/documentarian Eleanor Coppola • Appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy (1972/1974/1990), Rumble Fish (1983), The Outsiders (1983), The Cotton Club (1984), and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), as well as films by other directors (Inside Monkey Zetterland, 1992) • Modeled for Marc Jacobs and interned at Chanel during high school Image source: Listal

  3. Education and Early Career • Enrolled and dropped out of two colleges, including California Institute of the Arts, where studied painting • Worked as fashion photographer • Designed MilkFed clothing line and sold at own stores, Heaven-27 Image source: Viva Cinema

  4. Filmography Co-writer • Life Without Zoe (1989; Francis Ford Coppola’s segment of New York Stories) Director and Writer • Lick the Star (1998; short) • The Virgin Suicides (1999) • Lost in Translation (2003) • First American woman nominated for Best Director Academy Award • Marie Antoinette (2006) Coppola and Bill Murray on set of Lost in Translation (2003). Image source: IGN Movies

  5. Thematic and Stylistic Hallmarks Thematic Stylistic • Alienation • Characters in transition • Rites of passage • Social/cultural and personal ritual • Emphasis on visuals over dialogue • Eschewing of traditional narrative arc • Modern soundtrack • Slowly moving camera • Rich mise-en-scene

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